Chapter 1229 We Are Very Wealthy

Atlas pinched my nose playfully. He didn't answer my question and instead asked, "What do you want to eat?"

"What can we eat here?" I asked skeptically.

But when the dishes arrived, I couldn't help but smile. It was all seafood dishes I loved, and although they were prepared in a different style here, they looked very tempting.

I reached for a dish eagerly, and he indulgently reminded me, "Take it easy, we have plenty of time."

"Why did you bring us here for dinner?" I asked, knowing that he must have had a reason.

Sure enough, Atlas smiled and replied, "We need to put on a show and make Navi nervous. Otherwise, he'll come up with too many tricks. If he wants to challenge me, he must be able to do so."

"So you wanted him to feel like you were going to a more important appointment to make him uncertain," I said, "Especially when you brought the notebook with you?"

"Exactly," he replied, feeding me some lobster meat.

It was tender, succulent, and slightly tangy. The lobster was fresh.

"Why does it have a hint of sourness?" I asked.

he replied,

It's so fresh and tender!" I praised, then asked seriously, "Aren't you afraid they

you afraid?" he

but about how you're taking a risk. You saw Navi's people. They were desperate

attitude," he said dismissively, "Besides, when am I ever reckless? I always have a strategy, and I always leave room for the next step." "Looks like you're quite familiar with Navi's place," I said, thinking that this must fall within his

Cirencester," Atlas

I raised

have any questions." Atlas was like a mind reader

was just wondering when you learned to speak the Cirencester

glanced at

int

deboning a fish for me, "Language is a required course for me. After all, our business is globaby don't like someone else expressing my

wasn't pure luck and

here, so I learned how the people talked. And I hired locals to teach me, so..." He shrugged and fed

froze for a moment. That was what he

had never heard Atlas say we

does our family

"Curious?" he asked back.

I looked at him, mirroring his

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